Department of Transport & Public Works

SECOND QUARTERLY EDITION 2011 • VOLUME 2 NO 2 • DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS NEWSLETTER

PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE SAFETY REGULATIONS AT RAIL LEVEL CROSSINGS, URGES DEPARTMENT

PEDESTRIANS, motorists and six dangerous crossings and and Buttskop Way in Blackheath. cyclists often ignore booms and categorised them according to The others are at Kromme Rhee warning signals at railway level risks. The report said the education near Koelenhof, Vlaeberg Road crossings, sometimes with fatal of users was one of the first near Lynedoch, and Muldersvlei consequences. things that had to happen. Other Road near Muldersvlei. recommendations made by the team In August 2010 ten school children include technical and engineering The Task Team is exploring private died when the driver of a minibus changes, as well as enforcing safety sector funding options. Interested allegedly passed nine waiting regulations diligently. parties can contact the Ministry of vehicles at the Buttskop crossing Transport and Public Works at 021 in Blackheath and collided with a Three of the crossings are 483 2200 or email info@safelyhome. train. In October 2010 a woman situated in the co.za. Interventions such as booms died when the car she was Metropolitan area and three in and access control barriers will be travelling in collided with a train the Cape Winelands district. The dependent on receiving funding at a crossing near Paarl. Both metropolitan crossings are in White assistance from the private sector incidents allegedly happened and Military Roads in Steenberg, or national government. because safety regulations had been ignored.

The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works, in co-operation with the and Metrorail, called a level crossing mini-summit in November last year to address fatalities at such crossings. A task team was established to look at what measures could be implemented to ensure greater safety.

In its report the task team said the most important thing was for people to change their attitudes People’s flagrant disregard for safety rules at railway crossings is one of the major reasons for and take responsibility for their accidents and fatalities at such spots. At this crossing people are ignoring a boom that goes down actions. The team identified when a train approaches. (Photo: The Independent Cape)

Safely Home pg 4 Goodbye Gouldburn! pg 5 Beware! Speeding.. pg 10 Apprentices pg 13

_Transport_News_FA.indd 1 4/6/11 4:19:18 PM EDITORIAL ENTHUSIASM AND ‘TO GO THE EXTRA MILE’ IS THE RECIPE OF THE NEW HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

The financial year of the Western Cape Department over the emergency unit at the Paarl Hospital to the attitude that they should only of Transport and Public Works ended on 31 March the Department of Health. In and do what is agreed to in their job 2011. In 2010/2011, the Department made construction is on schedule to complete descriptions. Mr Fourie said he significant strides to provide a better life for all in hospitals in those areas. would continue to encourage his the Western Cape, while trying to create an open colleagues and staff members to go society so that all can live lives that they value. The technical skills shortage that is prevalent the extra mile. countrywide is hampering economic growth. Eight The Safely Home Campaign which aims to reduce diesel mechanical apprentices employed by the The highlight of his career was to road deaths by 50 percent by 2014 started in 2009/10 department started their practical training in 2011 be part of the transformation of the and major successes were achieved in 2010/2011. The after completing their foundation phase in 2010. civil service that took place in 1994. campaign focuses on a number of strategies, ranging from tougher actions against those who speed, In September 2010, the public transport business “It was something that only targeting those who drive while drunk, to targeting unit of the department that was based at Goulburn happened once in a lifetime and I drivers of vehicles that are not roadworthy. centre in Goodwood relocated to the Vangate was privileged to have been part of Shared Service Centre in Athlone. Since relocation, it” he said. The department started to name and shame those the staff of the unit received numerous accolades for who had been caught and convicted of driving drunk. improving their service. Mr Fourie joined the civil service It started to play an active role to ensure that users of in the Cape Province in 1970 and A new Head of Department was appointed in Johan Fourie, the Head of Department of the Western Cape Department of Transport railway crossings obey safety rules. The department’s and Public Works. has been employed in the province aim to contribute towards quality education in the December 2010 and through his appointment since then. He listens to U2 and province continued unabated and it built a number of the department and its staff members redirected his favourite dishes are braaivleis primary and secondary schools in 2010. their efforts to provide a quality service by being “After four decades in the civil of staff are trained to become and potjiekos. He is an avid reader accountable and competent, showing integrity and service I am as enthusiastic as competent. of technical magazines that focus Through road construction the department created responding to the needs of those they serve. when I started, straight from on transport and public works. A thousands of jobs. In the process it provided university, to contribute towards His daily objective is to share some strong believer in the benefits of The department will continue to strive for an open motorists and commuters with safe passages to carry the improvement and construction of the knowledge he acquired over technology, Mr Fourie has great opportunity society for all in the Western Cape so them to work and home, and to other destinations. of our country. “ forty years with any staff member, concerns about global warming. that people can live lives that they value. as well as listening to and learning Hundreds of jobs were created through the building This is the view of Mr Johan from them. According to him, He prefers being stuck in a lift with of hospitals. In 2010 the Department handed Fourie, recently appointed Head successful service delivery will only Amy Winehouse, rather than with of Department of the Western happen if all civil servants abandon Tiger Woods or Tony Blair. Cape Department of Transport LATER TRAINS FOR CAPE TOWN SOUTHERN SUBURB COMMUTERS and Public Works. Mr Fourie was appointed in December 2010 after acting for approximately 12 months.

He said the successes of his career in the civil service were based on a simple philosophy which is to do the small things right, and with enthusiasm. If you can do that, according to Mr Fourie, the big or difficult things will follow with ease.

He said his objective for the next five years was to see that his colleagues and staff perform competently. In his opinion it is On Monday 28 March 2011, Metrorail introduced extended commuter train services between Cape Town and Simon’s Town. The existing afternoon services have been supplemented with three additional trains departing from Cape Town Station. Twenty of these afternoon trains stop at Retreat, eighteen stop at Fish Hoek not enough to expect competent The Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works, Robin Carlisle convened a mini and nine operate as far as Simon’s Town. The trains will stop at all stations en route. The six month pilot is collaboration between Metrorail, the Provincial Ministry performance as those who lead summit in 2010 to address accidents at railway crossings. Here Mr. Carlisle is seen stopping of Transport & Public Works and the City of Cape Town. For more information call 0800 65 64 63, or view the time table at www.capemetrorail.co.za. a motorist who ignored safety rules at a railway crossing. (Photo: The Times) should also ensure their members

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_Transport_News_FA.indd 2-3 4/6/11 4:19:19 PM Safely Home Campaign gets Divine support GOODBYE GOULBURN! HELLO VANGATE SHARED SERVICE CENTRE!

Religious leaders from all the major faiths in the Western Cape have endorsed the Safely Home Campaign. The leaders are members of the Western Cape Religious Leaders Forum (WCRLF).

The religious leaders say their different faiths emphasised that all life is sacred and Albert Davids, Mitchells Plain. Xoliswa Lamani, Nyanga. Vanessa van der Walt, Goodwood. that the safety of all South Africans, drivers, passengers and pedestrians is some of Service Delivery at the Provincial type of service is long overdue. • I definitely prefer Vangate. The their greatest concerns. They endorsed Operating Licencing Board (POLB) Travelling from Lakeside service has improved and the the ongoing efforts by the Western Cape at the Vangate Shared Service to Goulburn in Goodwood place is much nicer, not smudgy Department of Transport and Public Works Centre is getting thumbs up! was a tiring journey and the as Goulburn. I live in Goodwood and traffic authorities to counter speeding traffic made it even worse. At and Goulburn was conveniently and drunk driving effectively. They supported Clerics of the major faiths in the Western Cape gave their support to the This was the feeling among clients at Goulburn I often had to wait situated but, in spite of that Department’s Safely Home Campaign. The Western Cape Minister of Transport and the Safely Home’s message, “If you speed or Public, Robin Carlisle (front, second right) with the clerics in Cape Town where they the Athlone Shared Service Centre the whole day to get service as convenience I would still prefer drive drunk, you are a killer” gave their support. who visited the facility for transport the queues were very long. The Vangate – Ricardo Dirkse, business. Since moving from Goulburn new type of cubicles at Vangate Goodwood (Minibus Taxi Centre in Goodwood to Athlone in is ideal for the improvement owner). September 2010, staff indicated they of services – Toyer Cozyn, Safely Home: getting more Western Cape residents home safely too are adapting well. Lakeside (T Cab CC). • The service definitely improved The convenience of the location of since the move to Vangate. the centre and business-like approach • I live in and the new Service is up to date, punctual, of the staff are recognised by clients centre is much nearer to us than and friendlier. There is a vast as the two main features of service Goulburn was. Goulburn was too difference between Vangate delivery improvements. Besides congested and one often did and Goulburn. My only concern the convenience of location, clients not know if you were coming or is the lack of parking. It was identified, the cleanliness of the facility, going. I definitely prefer Vangate shortsighted not to consider a the fast and efficient service, as well as to Goulburn – Norman de practical aspect like parking – the punctuality and friendliness of the Beer, Gugulethu (Ipi Ntombi Albert Davids, Mitchells Plain. staff as other improvements. However, Tourism). not all were happy with the relocation. • Service at Vangate is very To some it meant the inconvenience • I prefer Goulburn to Vangate. bad. Goulburn was better as of having to travel further, while others Vangate is cold, impersonal, I could walk straight into an regard the new approach to clients as the waiting room is too big and official’s office and get service. The Safely Home Awareness Drunk Operational War Room (Shadow) was launched in George last year. From left is Robin Carlisle (Minister of Transport cold and impersonal. Here are some of it is bare. Just to get inside Here we have to check in, get and Public Works), Lionel Esau (Deputy-Mayor of the George Municipality), Albert Fritz (Minister of Community Safety) and Vincent Maphai (Executive Director Corporate Affairs and Transformation of SAB Miller, the sponsor). their comments. the centre is so impersonal. photographed and cannot Goulburn was convenient as I get that personal service from The Safely Home Campaign aims to The campaign is a partnership DTPW has established two • I am very satisfied with the lived close to it – Vanessa van officials – Xoliswa Lamani, reduce road deaths in the Western between the DTPW, the Western Safely Home Anti Drunk Driving service at the Vangate. This der Walt of Goodwood. Nyanga. Cape by 50 percent by 2014. Cape Departments of Health and Operations War Rooms or SHADOW. Every day, on average, five people Community Safety, the South The two facilities are in Cape Town die on our roads. The campaign African Police Services (SAPS), the and George. Suspects caught was officially launched during the South African National Rail Agency driving drunk will be taken to one 2009/10 budget speech of the Limited (SANRAL), the City of Cape of these SHADOWs where their Western Cape Minister of Transport Town and other municipalities in alcohol blood levels will be read and Public Works (DTPW), Robin the province. with a machine called Dräger. They Carlisle. Safely Home targets those will be prosecuted if found to be who speed and drive while drunk. over the legal limit. These two offences are responsible Toyer Cozyn, Lakeside (T Cab CC) and Mario Norman de Beer, Gugulethu (Ipi Ntombi The Shared Service Centre in Athlone for 80 percent of deaths on our IF YOU DRINK AND DRIVE OR SPEED, Ruiters (Department of Transport and Public Tourism) and Melinda Japhta (Department roads. That is why the campaign’s Works). of Transport and Public Works). message is so stark: YOU ARE A KILLER.

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_Transport_News_FA.indd 4-5 4/6/11 4:19:25 PM DRUNK DRIVERS BEWARE! IF CAUGHT, YOU’LL BE NAMED AND SHAMED. DRUNK DRIVERS BEWARE! IF CAUGHT, YOU’LL BE NAMED AND SHAMED.

If you get caught driving drunk, you will be named and shamed! This is the latest tactic used by the Department of Edmond Mitchell 10/16/1964 Worcester Worcester Licence suspended for 6 R3000.00 or months 12 months in jail Transport and Public Works to end road deaths. If you get caught driving while drunk, are convicted of culpable homicide Andrew Hannie 8/26/1964 Worcester Worcester Licence suspended for 6 R3000.00 or or are disqualified for applying for a learner’s, the department places your name on a list of offenders who committed months 12 months in jail those offences. The list is frequently published in newspapers. Koos Devlam 11/28/1972 Barrydale Swellendam Endorsement R3000.00 or Below is a list of offenders who had their names published: 30 months in jail Steven Andrews 4/16/1972 Kraaifontein Endorsement, and cannot R3000.00 or apply for drivers licence for 6 months in jail October 2010 6 months First name Surname Date of birth Town where Court where prosecution Penalty 1 Penalty 2 Maxon Makeleni 3/5/1979 Worcester Worcester Licence suspended for 12 R3000.00 or offence com- took place months 8 months in jail mitted Sandile Mombuwu 6/10/1977 Ceres Villiersdorp Licence suspended 12 months in jail Leon Skova 11/17/1968 Worcester Worcester Disqualified for applying for R3000.00 or for 12 months learners or drivers licence, 8 months in jail suspended for 6 months Natasha Sarah Fourie 6/23/1976 Mossel Bay Mosselbaai Licence suspended 2 years in jail for 18 months 3 years in jail Henzil Vorster 6/6/1982 Piketberg Piketberg Licence suspended R3000.00 or for 4 years 9 months in jail Mxolisi Bolly 8/18/1962 Grabouw Worcester Licence suspended 3 years in jail for 36 months Jolan De Koker 4/3/1977 Worcester Worcester Licence suspended R3500.00 or 12 for 2 years months in jail Ntikaya Zengethwa 12/1/1976 Mosselbaai Mosselbaai Endorsement and sus- 3 years in jail pended for 24 months Antonie Van Zyl 10/18/1945 Touwsrivier Worcester Licence suspended R5000.00 or 18 months in jail Livingstone Langeni 11/25/1967 Rivier-sonderend Rivier-sonderend Licence suspended 6 Months in jail Sonwabo for 30 years MP Mbenyane 9/8/1973 Mossel Bay Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months in jail Diederick Visser 11/16/1982 Rivier-sonderend Rivier-sonderend Licence suspended 6 Months in jail for 9 months Themkosi Mvoto 1/26/1980 Cape Town Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months in jail James William Liberty 1/31/1959 Bellville Kuils River Disqualified for applying for R8000.00 or learners or drivers licence, 24 months in jail David Sowambi 3/21/1974 Cape Town Swellendam Licence suspended for R6000.00 or suspended for 24 months 12 months 12 months in jail Lunga Msebenzi 3/26/1969 Knysna Licence suspended Periodical jail Johan Paul Rheeder 1978/03/0 Mossel Bay Mossel Bay Licence suspended R6000.00 or for 2 years sentence of 2000 for 3 years 12 months in jail hours WM Gouws 5/25/1957 Brackenfell Worcester Licence suspended R6000.00 or Edwill Timm 2/22/1986 Worcester Worcester Licence suspended R1000.00 or for 12 months 18 months in jail for 6 months 6 months in jail Delmaine Wesley January 4/8/1978 Cape Town Wynberg Disqualified for applying for R6000.00 or Thabo Mbi 3/15/1969 Cape Town Swellendam Licence suspended for R10000.00 or a learners or drivers licence 6 months in jail 6 months as well as 2 years in jail for 6 months Endorsement AN Musa Qinisile 11/1/1982 Langa Licence suspended R7000.00 or Henrico Smit 8/15/1980 Kuils River Bellville Endorsement R12000.00 or for 12 months 7 months in jail 12 months in jail Gerswin Peter Schaffers 10/10/1983 Elsies River Bellville Endorsement R8000.00 or Saul Swart 1/21/1961 Elsies River Bellville Licence suspended R12000.00 or 18 months in jail for 6 months 18 months in jail Vivian Steven De Waal 12/23/1985 Parow Valley Bellville Endorsement R8000.00 or Windsor Dash 9/11/1968 Bellville Licence suspended R12000.00 or 24 months in jail for 6 months two years in jail Shaun Varrie 3/18/1964 Strandfontein Wynberg Licence suspended R8000.00 or Veli Zolile Moyile 12/6/1983 Worcester Worcester Licence suspended R1500.00 or Village for 4 months 8 months in jail for 6 months 8 months in jail Gideon Vincent Jones 6/1/1982 Mitchells Plain Wynberg Lincence suspended R8000.00 or Cassien Trenose 12/9/1966 Worcester Worcester Lincence suspended R1600.00 or for 6 months 8 months in jail for 6 months 8 months in jail Johannes Petrus Van Rensburg 4/4/1982 Bellville Bellville Endorsement R8000.00 or Titus Van Rooy 10/4/1963 Belhar Worcester Licence suspended R2000.00 or Nicholas 8 months in jail for 6 months 6 months in jail Kapache Victor 1/18/1968 Belhar Bellville Endorsement R8000.00 or Frederick Le Grange 7/17/1987 Mitchells Plain Bluedowns Licence suspended R2000.00 or 8 months in jail for 5 years 6 months in jail Patrick Edward Cupido 9/17/1953 Belhar Bellville Endorsement R9000.00 or Aubrey Klaasen 4/29/1967 Montague Licence suspended R2400.00 or 31 months in jail 12 months in jail David Gerald Flink 7/14/1976 Worcester Worcester Disqualified for applying for R2500.00 or learners or drivers licence, 12 months in jail November 2010 suspended for 24 months Stephanus Agenbacht 4/1/1964 Worcester Worcester Licence suspended R2500.00 or First name Surname Date of Town where Court where prosecution Penalty 1 Penalty 2 birth offence com- took place for 6 months 8 months in jail mitted Daniel Rosenkrantz 9/23/1972 Worcester Worcester Lincence suspended R2500.00 or Jaquiline Smit 4/6/1968 Velddrift Laaiplek Licence Suspended for 6 R3000.00 or for 6 months 8 months in jail months 6 months in jail Vuyo Tsholiba 5/21/1981 Worcester Worcester Lincence suspended R2500.00 or Christopher Scheffers 4/7/1958 Velddrift Laaiplek Licence Suspended for 6 R3000.00 or for 6 months 8 months in jail months 6 months in jail Siyabonga Mabizela 4/4/1989 Worcester Worcester Learners Licence sus- R2500.00 or Aubrey Steenkam 9/3/1962 Kwanonqaba Mossel Bay Licence Suspended for 5 2½ years in jail pended for 24 months 9 months in jail years Dawid Witbooi 4/29/1965 Swellendam Swellendam Endorsement R3000.00 or 1 year in jail

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_Transport_News_FA.indd 6-7 4/6/11 4:19:25 PM DRUNK DRIVERS BEWARE! IF CAUGHT, YOU’LL BE NAMED AND SHAMED. DRUNK DRIVERS BEWARE! IF CAUGHT, YOU’LL BE NAMED AND SHAMED.

Charles Piet Aarons 9/12/1980 Vredendal Noord Lutzville Licence Suspended for 6 R6000.00 or Nico van Wyk 4/14/1971 Stellenbosch Villiersdorp Licence suspended for 2 6 months in jail months 15 months in jail months Wilfred Suswana 8/17/1981 Onrus Villiersdorp Disqualified from obtaining 6 months in jail Dennis Hendricks 2/3/1974 Lavender Hill Bluedowns Disqualified from obtaining a learners of drivers licence a learners or drivers licence for 24 months for 6 months Dawid Johannes Kroukamp 3/16/1967 Riversonderend Riviersonderend Licence suspended for 1 R1000.00 or 2 months Celeste Jacobs 8/28/1977 Eersterivier Bluedowns Disqualified from obtaining R2000.00 or month in jail a learners or drivers licence 6 months in jail for 6 months Jeffrey Josef 12/6/1973 Swellendam Swellendam Disqualified from obtaining R6000.00 or 12 months Adenaan Solomons 3/31/1989 Hanover Park Wynberg Disqualified from obtaining R8000.00 or a learners or drivers licence in jail a learners or drivers licence 12 months in jail for 12 months for 6 month Sikhum-buzo Matshikwe 12/23/1973 Bonnievale Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months Harold Februarie 2/15/1961 Blackheath Bluedowns Disqualified from obtaining R4000.00 or in jail a learners or drivers licence 12 months in jail for 6 months Sarienus Stephan Ockers 4/25/1963 Swellendam Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months Ivor Roger Fraser 5/28/1968 Mamre Atlantis Licence Suspended for 6 R6000.00 or 12 months in jail months in jail, 12 months house arrest with 24 hours per Ettiene Williams 8/7/1979 Abbotsdale Malmesbury Disqualified from obtaining R8000.00 or 8 months month community service a learners or drivers licence in jail Daniel Wilfred Slinger 8/3/1984 Mossel Bay Mossel Bay Disqualified from obtaining R4000.00 or for 6 months a learners or drivers licence 6 months in jail Joseph Rutatso Ponoene 3/3/1977 Bloekombos Malmesbury Disqualified from obtaining R6000.00 or 18 months for 24 months a learners or drivers licence in jail Willie Johannes Adendorf 3/2/1969 Ashton Swellendam Disqualified from obtaining R3000.00 or for 12 months a learners or drivers licence 6 months in jail for 6 months Ndumiso Jereph Jan 2/15/1965 Darling Malmesbury Disqualified from obtaining R9000.00 or 18 months Marelize September 10/5/1984 Swellendam Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or a learners or drivers licence in jail 12 months in jail for 12 months Sidney Gertse 12/17/1970 Swellendam Swellendam Endorsement R10000.00 or Frans Matroos 9/27/1956 Mitchells Plain Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months 24 months in jail in jail

Jan Johannes Du Bruyn 3/7/1968 Swellendam Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months Edwin Jonker 11/20/1988 Villiersdorp Villiersdorp Disqualified from obtaining 6 months in jail in jail a learners or drivers licence Peter Eduardo Phillander 3/25/1987 Riversonderend Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or for 24 months 12 months in jail Josias Marthinus Booi 8/4/1961 Caledon Caledon Disqualified from obtaining R2000.00 or 6 months Willie Huisamen 3/20/1961 Parow Goodwood Licence Suspended for 6 R8000.00 or a learners or drivers licence in jail months 8 months in jail for 6 months Daniel Johannes De Villiers 7/9/1964 Parow Valley Goodwood Licence Suspended for 5 R15000.00 or years 300 days in jail Fredirick Jacob Pheiffer 7/23/1964 Hawston Villiersdorp Licence Suspended for 2 6 months in jail months Ricardo Mongo 6/30/1991 Swellendam Swellendam Disqualified from obtaining R4000.00 or a learners or drivers licence 12 months in jail Lucas Lebenya 3/15/1959 Sexfield Swellendam Endorsement R4000.00 or 20 months for 12 months in jail Joseph Andre Jonkers 11/30/1979 Belhar Bellville Endorsement R5000.00 or Marcelle Windvogel 4/12/1984 Swellendam Swellendam Disqualified from obtaining R6000.00 or 12 months 9 months in jail a learners or drivers licence in jail for 12 months Tanya Best 10/17/1965 Bellville Bellville Licence Suspended for 6 R8000.00 or 18 months months in jail, 18 months house Randall Pietersen 4/12/1984 Swellendam Swellendam Endorsement R6000.00 or 12 months arrest with 16 hours per in jail month community service December 2010 Emmanuel April 1/12/1982 Delft Bellville Disqualified from obtaining R7000.00 or First name Surname Date of birth Town where Court where prosecution Penalty 1 Penalty 2 Jackson a learners or drivers licence 18 months in jail offence com- took place mitted for 6 months R8000.00 or 12 months Facolyn 2/15/1962 Atlantis Atlantis Licence Suspended for 6 Saul Jonathan in jail Cithonica Mildred Monty 8/26/1958 Stellenbosch Bellville Disqualified from obtaining R4000.00 or six months months a learners or drivers licence in jail for 6 months R6000.00 or 12 months Ronaldo Meyer 20/12/1986 Atlantis Atlantis Licence Suspended for 6 in jail Samuel Van Der Berg 2/4/1949 Ravensmead Bellville Amendment R10000.00 or 10 months months in jail R8000.00 or 8 months Mbulelo Hlalukana 1/27/1984 Worcester Bellville Endorsement Dylan Velcro Coetzee 12/7/1979 Durbanville Bellville Endorsement R10000.00 or 10 months in jail in jail Disqualified from obtaining a R6000.00 or 6 months Jermaele Johnson 10/20/1985 Belhar Bellville learners or drivers licence for in jail Thomas Plaatjies 4/25/1963 Suurbraak Swellendam Licence suspended for 12 R14000.00 or 36 months 6 months months in jail Hans Hendricks 11/10/1959 Mitchells Plain Athlone Licence suspended for 12 R4000.00 or 6 months R6000.00 or 6 months Nandisiwe Kema 6/3/1977 Gugulethu Bellville Endorsement months in jail in jail

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_Transport_News_FA.indd 8-9 4/6/11 4:19:26 PM BEWARE! SPEEDING CAN COST YOU YOUR LICENCE AND REVAMPING OF PAARL EMERGENCY CENTRE A LIFESAVER YOU COULD END UP IN JAIL! FOR PEOPLE OF THE PROVINCE

If you speed and are caught, The new penalties for speeding are passengers will have to People from all over the province don’t be surprised if you get part of section (35) of the National be fitted with a directional who are in need of emergency arrested and then prosecuted. Road Traffic Regulations. Other stability control device that medical services will now be able In the process you can also lose changes to the Road Traffic Law are: minimises the risk of the to get lifesaving treatment at the your licence. vehicle losing control when Paarl Hospital’s emergency centre. • It is an offence to cheat during drivers brake suddenly. The centre was built as part of the Section 35 of the National Road a learner’s licence test. However, this requirement upgrading of the Paarl Hospital. The Traffic Act was amended to • Vehicles registered before will only be enforced once upgrading cost R18.2 million. The introduce stricter and more drastic 1 August 2010, must have their the technical specifications centre serves as an entry point for penalties for speeding offences. number plates fitted with pop for the equipment have been anyone with a life-threatening injury Those penalties will support the rivets or screws and not with approved. and it was completed last year. Western Cape Department of two-sided tape. • All roadworthy certifications Transport and Public Work’s Safely • If you obtained a driver’s for bought vehicles will only be Staff at the Paarl Hospital The Minister of Transport and Public Works, Robin Carlisle (far right), officially opened the Emergency Unit at the Paarl Hospital. He was joined by staff members of the Hospital and Home Campaign, which aims to licence for heavy vehicles valid for 21 days instead of six treat approximately 35 000 officials of the Western Cape Department of Health. reduce deaths on the province’s before 1 February 2011, you months. emergency patients every month. roads by 50 percent by 2014. will still be allowed to drive a • The period of validity for The emergency centre was medicinal, paediatrics, surgery and a decontamination room and a light motor vehicle, using the roadworthy certificates for designed to include durable low dermatological (treatment of skin) divided area for minor, major and According to the changes drivers same heavy vehicle licence. all buses with licences that maintenance fittings that can take services. resuscitation patients, as well as a who drive more than 30km/h over • The law requires that there expire after 30 November 2010 the strain. Besides attending to seperate waiting area for patients the speed limit in urban areas, should be prescribed forms will be six months. In other critical patients, the centre will The centre also hosts a separate and families. and 40km/h over the speed limit for road accident reports. words, those buses will have provide gynaecological, internal ambulance and walk-in entrance, outside urban areas, can have their • All minibus and midibus to undergo a roadworthy test licences automatically suspended. vehicles transporting paying every six months. Hospitals on track to be completed AS PLANNED

percentage amounts to more than 2010 and it is expected the hospital R340 million. The final cost to will be completed in December 2012. complete the hospital is going to be approximately R541 million. The new Mitchells Plain Hospital will provide healthcare services to Approximately 1894 unskilled the communities of Mitchells Plain, employment opportunities have Phumlani, Mandalay, Brown’s Farm Mitchells Plain hospital. been created, approximately 1451 and Cross Roads. skilled opportunities, approximately The construction of the Khayelitsha 230 opportunities for women, Approximately 1735 skilled and and Mitchells Plain hospitals in 1841 for the youth, 22 for people unskilled employment opportunities Cape Town is progressing steadily with disabilities, approximately 24 have been created at the Mitchells and the Khayelitsha facility can be opportunities for those released Plain Hospital. completed as early as June 2011. from prison and eight opportunities The combined cost of construction for those who went through drug of the two facilities is over rehabilitation programmes. R1 billion. Nearly 41 percent of the work at Construction at the Khayelitsha the Mitchells Plain Hospital has Hospital started in February 2009. been completed (approximately When completed, the hospital will R121 million of the construction provide health services to more budget). The estimated cost to than 3.9 million people. More than complete Mitchells Plain Hospital A Provincial Traffic Police Officer explaining to a motorist how the changes to the National Road Traffic Act will be enforced. 75 percent of the construction is approximately R506 million. Khayelitsha Hospital. budget has been spent and this Construction started in January

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_Transport_News_FA.indd 10-11 4/6/11 4:19:29 PM DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION ENTREPRENEURS APPRENTICES NOW APPLYING WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNT

Eight apprentices who were placed in the Bellville Workshop Apprenticeship Programme are now doing their practical training within the Department of Transport and Public Works. “The Apprenticeship Mechanical Training School has been operating for the past 50 years but had to close down for two years because posts were placed on moratorium in 1994 and we could not get a training officer”, said Mr Rodney Oliver, Manager at Bellville Workshop.

The school was re-opened in April last year and eight students aged between 18 and 21 were placed Elnico Louw and Aubrey Ruiters applying the knowledge they acquired in the foundation phase as apprentices. At the beginning of their apprenticeships. of this year all eight apprentices started with their practical training and placed within the department placed on a four year contract with confidence in working with different as follows: the Department of Transport and types of tools,” said Elnico Louw Public Works in which they have placed at the Bellvile Workshop. One aspect of the department’s Contractor Development Programme focuses on Women in Construction. Women who own construction companies receive extensive support from the department to ensure their businesses benefit from the many departmental projects. 1 Ceres DRE office to complete the training. In the 1 Oudtshoorn DRE office fourth year they are required to do When asked whether they would Are you an artisan or worker of contracts and projects you have year they are taught how to manage 2 Bellville Workshop a trade test and when successful recommend the programme, the in the building industry but completed. Your grading increases cash flows, how to complete tender 1 Overberg they will be able to work anywhere reply was a resounding ‘yes’. “In would now like to start your as you acquire more experience. documents and what they need to 1 George in the world as artisans. After today’s life it is hard to find a job, own company, compete for After the registration of your do to properly apply for tenders. 1 Central Karoo and the programme they can study and I commend the Department government tenders or sub- business and the registration with They are also taught about legal 1 West Coast. engineering at any university or of Transport and Public Works contract on big projects? the CIDB, the department will issues such as occupational safety, technikon of their choice. for offering this programme to If so, read on! assist you with training. Before the as well as labour law. The apprentices are placed on the matriculants. It gives us a stepping training starts information sessions apprenticeship programme which “I feel that we have been trained stone in building our future,” said The Western Cape Department are held in April and May each year During this training period special includes foundation, technical very well and I believe I can Aubrey Ruiters also placed at of Transport and Public Works is for those who want to be part of the attention is given to businesses and practical training to become tackle any task at hand, as I have Bellville Workshop. driving a Contractor Development programme. owned by women. They are given a qualified artisans. They are then a better understanding of the Programme aimed at helping special programme of participation, technical aspects of the job and Every year the department upcoming contractors in the The information sessions are done some of them will receive assistance I do everything at the best of my is planning to recruit eight building industry. Special focus is through municipalities in the with the roll-out and implementation ability,” said Jason Standish one of apprentices. “We have advertised given to woman in construction. province. The sessions last between of their business plans, and the apprentice placed at the Ceres for the eight apprentices to join To be part of the programme you one and three days. Those sessions they receive support to develop DRE office. the programme. We are only must have a registered business. give the department an opportunity marketing strategies. Women-owned taking eight because the State You must also be registered with the to determine what the needs of construction companies can also “In the programme each apprentice Information Technology Agency Construction Industry Development participants of the programme may compete for the annual women in has to make a G-Clamp (G-Clamp (SITA) allows us to only take eight Board (CIDB). be. Construction Awards. is a fastening device to hold or per year”, said Mr Oliver. secure objects tightly together to Your registration at the CIDB and After the information session the For more information prevent movement or separation your subsequent grading depends department provides those who about our Contractor through the application of inward Jason Standish, one of the diesel mechanic on your experience at managing participate in the programme with Development Programme, apprentices, at the Bellville Workshop. pressure). This has developed my a business coupled with the type support. During the course of one please call 021 483 2412. hand skills and was a boost to my

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_Transport_News_FA.indd 12-13 4/6/11 4:19:31 PM DEPARTMENT IN THE FOREFRONT OF BRINGING EDUCATION TO THE PEOPLE Upgraded road brings greater safety to Pniel Residents

The Pniel Road that The original road was very runs from Stellenbosch narrow with gravel on the through Helshoogte via shoulders. The upgrading Pniel to the Franschoek- included improvements road (R45) has been such as increase in upgraded by the Western width, specially coloured Cape Department of road shoulders, raised Transport and Public pedestrian crossings, Works. The R80-million paved sidewalks, bus project was completed in and taxi bays, improved December 2010. drainage, road signs, road markings, and street The project provided lighting. employment and training opportunities for people The upgrading has Left picture: Learners at the Bardale Secondary School in Mfuleni during a break. Right picture: Learners in a classroom at Bardale Secondary School from the area and 136 improved traffic flow, in Mfuleni. people benefited. The provided safer conditions project also provided for pedestrians, and The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Naphakade Secondary in Malmbesbury. opportunities for Small, enhanced the way the Works aims to deliver 37 schools between 2010 and Schools planned for Blue Downs, Delft and Westlake are Medium and Micro area looks. Approximately 2014. At the beginning of 2011 the Department handed expected to be completed in 2011. Enterprises (SMMEs) 4 200 vehicles use the over three schools to the Department of Education. and Black Economic 5.8 km road daily. Other schools planned for construction are: Citrusdal The Pniel Road. Empowerment (BEE) The three schools are Bardale Secondary in Mfuleni, Secondary, Khayelitsha Secondary, Wellington Primary, contractors. Wallacedene Secondary in Kraaifontein, and Claremont Parklands Secondary, Secondary, Khanya Secondary. All three schools are situated in Cape Town. Primary, Heidevallei Primary, Northpine Secondary, In 2010 the Department completed Tafelberg Primary in Fisantekraal Secondary, Primary and Grabouw The Western Cape Department of Bothasig, Bongolethu Primary School in Nyanga , and Secondary. Transport and Public Works completed three large road construction projects in 2010. They were the Sir Lowry’s Pass Road near , the Pniel Road between Stellenbosch and the Franschoek Road (R45), as well as the Gansbaai Road. One section of the Koeberg Interchange in Cape Town was completed before the 2010 World Cup.

Left: Wallacedene Secondary School in Kraaifontein. Right: Entrance to the school hall at Wallacedene Secondary School in Kraaifontein.

Above right: Koeberg Interchange. Bottom right: Sir Lowry’s Pass. Bottom left: Construction of the Gansbaai Road was labour intensive and provided employment for the community of that town.

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_Transport_News_FA.indd 14-15 4/6/11 4:19:37 PM EDITOR: Al-Ameen Kafaar, Tel: 021 483 9653 or [email protected] FINAL EDIT: Simon Manelli CONTENT: Al-Ameen Kafaar, Aniela Gella and Noxolo Luwaca LAYOUT & DESIGN: TW DESIGN, www.twdesign.co.za PRINTING: RYAN PRINTERS, www.ryanprinters.com

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